Spain and the Protestant Reformation - The Spanish Inquisition and the War for Europe

List of contents

Introduction / Spain and the World in 1516 / The Reformation in Spain, 1517-1556 / Charles V, Martin Luther, and the Empire / Perfidious Albion / Philip II and the Spanish Inquisition / French, Ottomans, and Protestants / The War in Flanders / Conclusion: Philip II - The Triumphant Failure / Bibliography

About the author

Wayne H. Bowen is the Director of Interdisciplinary Studies in the College of Undergraduate Studies and a Professor in Department of History, University of Central Florida, US.

Summary

This book argues that the Protestant Reformation was an existential threat to the Catholic Habsburg monarchy of the sixteenth century and the greatest danger to its political and religious authority in Europe and the world.

Product details

• Authors: Wayne H. Bowen, Wayne H. (Florida State University Bowen, Bowen Wayne H.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2022
• EAN: 9781032054735
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3205473-5
• No. of pages: 188
• Series: Routledge Research in Early Modern History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Spain, HISTORY / General, Religion: general, Christianity, History of Religion, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600